Cochrane

Peavey Mart is making a comeback.

A message posted to the farm goods retailer's website says the brand that closed all its stores earlier in the year is planning to reopen in select Alberta markets.

The note says Spruce Grove, Westlock, Camrose and Lacombe will all see Peavey Mart return this fall.

The company says the new iteration of the brand will focus on high quality and locally sourced items meant for farmers, ranchers, homesteaders and more.

It promises to release more details about the relaunch in the coming weeks.

Two weeks of camp—and for some players, summer training—have led to tonight’s season opener for the Cochrane High Cobras.

The Cobras are in Chestermere to face the Lakers in the lone game of the night.

This season, the team moves up to 4A football, stepping into stiffer competition, though they’ve faced 4A schools before in Rocky View divisional play.

People in Calgary can expect to hear a consistent round of loud bangs for at least another day as police try to disarm an explosive substance in a south-end industrial neighbourhood.

Police say a moving company had been tasked with disposing of several substances, including a package of picric acid.

But that package was mislabelled and had been sitting for about 10 days when it was discovered early Tuesday afternoon. Police were notified later in the day.

Cochrane Discovery Days is back for its second year, promising four packed days of heritage, culture, and entertainment from August 29 to September 1.

The town-wide festival features more than 80 events across five districts, anchored by the historic Cochrane Lions Rodeo and the Labour Day Parade.

“This is the weekend to visit Cochrane,” says Callandra Caufield, Executive Director of Explore Cochrane. “Discovery Days was designed to showcase the spirit of our town by uniting dozens of organizations under one banner.”

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he left Washington Wednesday with a sense that progress was made after a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

"It was constructive in the sense it was an exchange of views that I think helped both us and the Americans understand the work we need to do to get, we hope, to an agreement," LeBlanc said in an interview with The Canadian Press after arriving in Montreal.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high.

"As our young people have a quarter-century high in their unemployment, Mark Carney this year is expected to bring in a record number of temporary foreign workers to take the jobs of Canadian youth," Poilievre said. 

Statistics Canada data shows unemployment for youth, aged 15 to 24, hit 14.6 per cent in July. This is the highest it's been since 2010, outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five cyclists pedaling in support of Alberta Search and Rescue are heading north on Hwy. 40 through Grande Cache before pushing another 91 km and camping overnight at the Kakwa River Provincial Recreation Area,

It's Day Four of their 1,800 km ride called AB4960 from the U.S. border to the Northwest Territories to raise awareness and funds for search and rescue (SAR).

A search is underway for two people missing after a canoe capsized on Upper Kananaskis Lake Tuesday afternoon.

Cochrane RCMP say emergency crews were called to the lake around 4 p.m. yesterday after the canoe carrying four people overturned.

Bystanders used boats and paddleboards to pull a 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman from the water. A man and a woman, both in their 30s, remain unaccounted for.

RCMP and Kananaskis Emergency Services remain on scene as a multi-agency search continues.

The Town of Cochrane has issued a fire advisory as dry conditions continue to raise the risk of wildfires in the area.

The advisory took effect at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 27, placing the community under moderate fire danger. Officials warn the situation could escalate quickly, with the possibility of a fire ban if conditions worsen.

Open fires are still permitted, but residents are being urged to use extra caution. Fire Services recommends soaking areas around backyard fire pits and being mindful of wind and weather.

Canada changed its BSE surveillance after lower global incidence of ‘mad cow disease’ led to international standards shift

Canada’s agency for food safety is encouraged with cattle industry response to a new, more farmer-friendly approach to BSE surveillance.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) updated national bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program — put in place earlier this year to meet new international standards — has received 152 samples of risk material as of Aug. 11, it recently said.